This will be the final attempt at a launch for the 2024 Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival.
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Watch: Despite launch cancellation, balloons put on a show Friday morning
The next launch is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday.
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Watch live: Winds shut down the 2nd balloon launch of the festival
After Friday morning’s launch was scrubbed, the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival will attempt to launch its hot air balloons in the evening.
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Watch: Winds force another balloon launch to be scrubbed
So far, four launches have been grounded due to weather conditions.
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Watch: Balloon launch canceled Sunday morning
So far, four launches have been grounded due to weather conditions.
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Youth on bike killed in Sabattus car crash
Police identified the victim as a juvenile but did not provide an age. The name is being withheld until police notify the victim’s family.
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Feds announce funding push for ropeless fishing gear that spares rare whales
Nearly $7 million will support the development of ropeless gear for fishing industry members to assess and provide feedback on the technology aimed at saving right whales.
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Lewiston police search apartment house for fourth time; more drug arrests made
Investigators seized methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl and oxycodone pills.
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Lewiston Housing gets approval for 72-unit Ash Street development
The housing authority also received approval this week to convert the Ramada Hotel into a senior living complex.
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Rumford woman stuffed drugs in her pants at Lewiston traffic stop, police say
Kristi Harting told police she was a drug runner between Maine and Massachusetts, an FBI agent says.